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One Direction have filmed a video message (Picture: WireImage) One Direction have offered to meet Leah Washington whose leg was amputated after the Smiler rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers. The band have filmed a video message for the 17-year-old who is a huge fan of the band after her friends started a social media campaign using the hashtag #Get1DToLeah to get them in touch. Her friend Sara Stuart told the BBC that Leah would be delighted with the news: ‘She’s seen them so many times. ‘It’s really given Leah something to aim for and really look forward to once she’s recovered.’
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Could Iron Maiden be number one for Christmas? Never say never (Picture: Publicity shot) So who’s going to have the Christmas No 1 this year? Band Aid? The X Factor winner? Or someone else entirely? Well if the people behind the latest Facebook festive chart-topper campaign have their way, it’ll be rock veterans Iron Maiden with their decidedly un-Christmassy anthem The Number Of The Beast. Yes, this kind of thing has become something of a tradition now – ever since the Facebook campaign which saw Rage Against The Machine beat X Factor champion Joe McElderry to the top spot in […]
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One Direction have unveiled the video for new single Night Changes. Changing pace after the upbeat and anthemic Steal My Girl, 1D are getting lovey-dovey and romantic again. This might be Directioners’ favourite video to date if that was even possible. Fans can now envision themselves going on an intimate date with each member of the band – which goes spectacularly wrong at the end thus demonstrating ‘just how fast the night changes’. Clever. The boys’ soft and loving stares straight down the camera will either make you melt or creep you out. We can’t decide which. Night Changes is […]
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Brendan Rodgers and Mario Balotelli are yet to hum the same tune (Picture: Getty) There are many strands to management but it boils down to three areas of expertise; assembling a squad, improving your players in training and picking the right team. Slightly more nuanced but often just as vital are the subtle arts – like deflecting the blame when it all goes wrong. Jose Mourinho is a master at this. Seriously. The Chelsea boss has regularly put himself at the centre of a media firestorm to erect a smokescreen around the deficiencies of his team, allowing his players to work […]
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Stereo Kicks are very much an eight-piece in case you were asking (Picture: Thames/Syco) X Factor finalists Stereo Kicks don’t seem to be having too good a time of it at the moment, what with narrowly escaping elimination and weathering rumours that they are about to become a six-piece. However things just got even more confusing for the band after reports that a nude selfie of band member Jake Sims has leaked across social media. According to reports the snap – which features the 19-year-old posing in front of the bathroom mirror – was taken in 2012 and posted to […]
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